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| Notre Dame: Interior
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| Looking down the nave.
| A quick movie that tries to convey Notre Dame's size.
| Another view down the nave, better showing the chandeliers and the
stained glass above the altar.
| Looking from the nave to one of the transepts and the bright stained
glass windows high above. Gosh these vaulted ceilings are high!
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| Looking down the chancel at the apse.
| A close-up of a chandelier.
| The mother of all the chandeliers.
Artificially brightened.
| Half the stained glass was in nice geometric patterns like this.
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| More stained glass.
| The north rose window. Wow, such detailed stained glass!
| A sample of the stained glass near the east end.
| The south rose window. I combined two different exposures to show both
the stained glass and the interior of the church as well. This also
provides a sense of scale to know how large the rose window is.
Incidentally, I took a picture of this rose window from the outside as well.
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| Near Notre Dame
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| "Point Zero", the point from which all distances in France are measured.
I saw a similar point in Trafalgar Square in London, though that point
only applies to distances within the city, not all of the country as
with this point..
| This point was originally easy to spot due to the group of
school-children gathered around it. We had trouble finding it later (to
take the previous picture).
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| Marche Aux Fleurs
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| We walked through the fragrant flower market (Marche Aux Fleurs).
| The market covers four narrow blocks, each a central lane like this.
| Note the birdhouses.
Artificially brightened.
| Bird-mansions and other garden-y type stuff.
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| Mounted police on patrol nearby.
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| Outside Sainte Chapelle
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| Cour du Mai, the Palais de Justice's grand courtyard. The people in
front of the courtyard are waiting in line to enter Sainte Chapelle,
which is just a bit to the left inside the complex. The long line is
because everyone has to pass through security as if they're going into a
courthouse.
| The requisite exterior shot of Sainte Chapelle. Apparently the design
is known as French high gothic. But, people don't go to the church for
its outside. It's what's on the inside that counts.
| The first in a series of panels explaining how the stained glass is
repaired.
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| Lots of icons on one building in the Palais de Justice. This building
would be easy to climb.
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| Sainte Chapelle: Lower Chapel
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| Sainte Chapelle's lower chapel, meant for commoners and servants.
Fairly decent, but just wait...
| One of the windows in the side of the lower chapel. I created this
image by combining two different exposures. Excellent?
| The lower chapel's apse. Again this image was created by combining two
exposures, one optimized fro the stained glass and one optimized for the
interior arches.
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| Sainte Chapelle: Upper Chapel
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| The first sight one sees upon climbing the steps the upper chapel, the
one meant for the royal family.
| A quick panoramic video showing the lofty, glowing space. I took this
from right near the entrance because I was so excited by the sight.
Also, the apostle-pillar is quite striking.
| A longer, more panoramic video taken from the center of the chapel
during a moment when the sun was brighter.
| A panoramic shot of Sainte Chapelle made by combining four separate
images (two each of left and right at two different levels of exposure).
Excellent.
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